Weekly Update - October 22, 2016: Pixel, YouTube, Google+

This week’s top updates:

• The #madebygoogle Pixel phones are finally on sale and in users' hands 
• There are new data filters for YouTube Analytics realtime reports
• Google+ for web and Google Photos were also updated

There are also updates and tips for Google Photos, Google+, YouTube, webmasters, AdSense publishers, Android lovers, Facebook live streamers, Google Docs users and more.

Image: Franz Marc detail from In the Rain (1912) Public domain

Upcoming

• 17 October Everyone updated to the new Hangouts Chrome Extension experience
• 18 October Webmaster Central office hours Hangout
• 19 October Google Sheets Webinar with Top Contributor Ted Juch 
• 21 October Webmaster Central office hours Hangout
• 26 October Free webinar about Google Photos with Top Contributor Russ Buchmann
• 26 October Google Small Business partners with the Small Business Administration to host a livestream training
• 31 October Post your #Googleween13 post on Google+ through the 31st, and the official Google+ Page may reshare it.
• 31 October YouTube Data API v2 shutting down, will no longer be able to upload videos (make sure all your third party apps that upload to YouTube are up to date!)
• 4 November Panoramio closing 

YouTube and Video Creation

• Update YouTube Analytics real-time report update: filter by geography, device type or operating system (Matteo Agosti)
• Tip Use Google Analytics to understand your YouTube channel visitors and their actions (Social Media Examiner)
• Tip Add formatting to your YouTube (and Google+) comments (YouTube Help)
• New Vimeo launches profile page redesign, lets you showcase video clips (Vimeo blog)
• Update Vimeo Continues to Seek Right Market Fit — Launches Storefront (The Video Ink)AID Partners to Pay $60 Million for Freedom! Network Stake (Variety)
• YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki Says 'No Timetable' On Profitability: 'We’re In Investment Mode' (Tubefilter)

Go Live

• Update Facebook rolling out the option to schedule live broadcasts to verified pages (Facebook Media blog)
• Tip Live stream to Facebook from your Windows computer without an encoder (Craig Long)
• Ad campaign to promote Facebook Live in the UK and the US starts Sunday - but is it irresponsible? (Krishna De)

Google+ and Spaces

• Update Google+ Web Updates Oct 21: post thumbnails on Notifications screen, new icon to open post page (Luke Wroblewski)
• Tip Add hovercards to Google+ profile links on your website or blog (Robert Wallis)
• Tip Add formatting to your YouTube (and Google+) comments (YouTube Help)

Other Social Media

• Update Instagram introducing Stories on Explore (Instagram blog)
• New Introducing Instagram for Windows 10 Tablets (Instagram blog)
• Update Input from Community and Partners on our Community Standards (Facebook Newsroom)
• Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech (Wall Street Journal)
• Update Facebook Page Insights bug fixed (Facebook Media blog)
• Update Bringing 360 Videos and Photos into Instant Articles (Facebook Media blog)
• New Getting Things Done With the Help of Your Friends: Business recommendations, Local Events, Local Business interactions (Facebook Newsroom)
• Build Richer Experiences with Facebook Pages (Facebook for Developers)

Google Photos and Mobile Photography

• Update Google Photos now shows albums in search results (Kyle Salewski)
• Nat and Lo Filmed entirely with the new Pixel phone (Made By Google)
• Google explains the software that makes the Pixel's camera so impressive (Android Police)
• Update New Flickr features: notification hub, Preview photos, 2 column feed (Flickr Blog)

Google for businesses

• Tip How to get around the Google My Business dashboard to manage your Business location and more (Online Ownership)
• New Getting Things Done With the Help of Your Friends: Business recommendations, Local Events, Local Business interactions (Facebook Newsroom)
• Build Richer Experiences with Facebook Pages (Facebook for Developers)

Bloggers and Webmasters

• Tip October 18: Webmaster Central office hours Hangout (Google Webmasters)
• Tip October 21: Webmaster Central office hours Hangout (Google Webmasters)
• Update Bringing 360 Videos and Photos into Instant Articles (Facebook Media blog)
• Tip Add hovercards to Google+ profile links on your website or blog (Robert Wallis)
• Tip Use Google Analytics to understand your YouTube channel visitors and their actions (Social Media Examiner)

AdSense and advertising

• AdSense wants your feedback! (Inside AdSense)
• Tip Learn the top triggers of AdSense policy violation warnings (Inside AdSense)
• Tip Have you lost access to your AdSense account? Or think it's been hacked? (Inside AdSense)

Hangouts and Messaging

• Pixel perfectly presents Google’s messaging app disaster (VentureBeat)
• Update Google removes Panel support from Chrome (gHacks Tech News)

Nexus, Android, Project Fi

• Tip Getting a Pixel phone? Check out this suggested USB-C peripheral list (Nathan K)
• Tip The new Google Pixel is in the hands of reviewers and they love it (mostly) 
• Tip Pixel vs Water Test (Harris Craycraft) 
• Tip Nat and Lo Filmed entirely with the new Pixel phone (Made By Google)
• Update Samsung is setting up Note 7 exchange booths at airports around the world (The Verge)
• Update Now available: Android 7.1 Developer Preview (Android Developers)
• New Shortcuts feature on Nougat 7.1 (Marc-Andre Beauchamp)
• Android 7.1 feature spotlight: "Android is upgrading" optimization step is now a background task, doesn't block anymore (Android Police)

Productivity

• Update Introducing 5 new ways to reach your goals faster, with Action Items, smarter Forms, updates to voice typing & more (GSuite Updates)
• Update Google Forms just got smarter (Google Docs)
• Tip Learn about Google Sheets from Google Top Contributors (Ted Juch, Michael Daniels)
• Update Google helps you save time and money on your travel plans (Google Blog)

Privacy and Security

• Tip How to Protect Your Google Gmail from Russia’s Putin and WikiLeaks (Lauren Weinstein)
• Having trouble loading Twitter or Reddit? It's not just you - attack on DynDNS takes down many sites (Tech Crunch)
• Double-dip Internet-of-Things botnet attack felt across the Internet (Ars Technica)

More around the web

• Google Design’s top weekend reads 
• How the web became unreadable (Kevin Marks @ Backchannel)
• Pantsuit: The Hillary Clinton UI pattern library (Mina Markham)
• Facebook Employees Pushed to Remove Trump’s Posts as Hate Speech (Wall Street Journal)
• “I’m Feeling Lucky” is the Google Assistant’s insane trivia game show (Ars Technica)

Updated March 2019 to remove Google+ links